Some things have gotten better, some things have gotten worse... much worse.
Incidentally, dental floss is also affected by this stupid regulation treadmill. The new PFAS-free stuff is absolute shit. Maybe it's less harmful in some way according to the politicised "studies", but I just don't give a fuck anymore when all they're doing is making our quality of life worse.
They wanted to go back to the good old days when the government didn’t try to protect you from yourself and your safety was your own responsibility. My reply has everything to do with that.